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Remembering Calestous Juma: Scholar and Champion of Innovation
Scholar, advocate, and trusted advisor Dr. Calestous Juma wrote extensively on the environment, biotechnology, education, artificial intelligence, and politics. At his death, he was a beloved faculty member at the Harvard Kennedy School.
Accra’s Growing Green Movement
Like many cities throughout the world, Accra has yoga studios, organic produce deliveries, and weekly green markets. But it also has toxic traffic fumes, clogged open drains, and plastic-lined beaches. Sustainable might feel like it’s for the middle class—but environmentalists are trying to change that.
New Video Series Explores Local Food Initiatives Across North America
This 10-part documentary series highlights the work of the farmers, small-businesses, and food advocates that are building stronger and healthier food communities. Read about this filmmaker’s experience of traveling 4,800 kilometers from Monterrey, Mexico, to Toronto, Canada, interviewing the heroes of North American local food.
WTO and Food Security: Biting the Hand that Feeds the Poor
India’s National Food Security Act (NFSA), is one of the most ambitious food security initiatives in the world, planning to buy food grains from small-scale farmers to distribute to some 840 million poor Indians, two-thirds of the country’s people.
BCFN Award Recognizes Young Food System Researchers
This year’s winners are researching food security and interventions to improve mother/child health in Lebanon and integrated pest management to lower negative rice production impacts.
Food Network Chef Justin Warner Talks Food System, Sustainability, Tiny Cabbage
Food Tank talks with Food Network chef Justin Warner about sustainability, cooking around the world, and how Food Network avoids wasting ingredients.
How to Start a College Food Recovery Chapter
Roughly 40 percent of all food in the United States goes to waste, and much of this food is still edible when wasted. For the past six years, Food Recovery Network (FRN) has been building solutions to fight this problem.
A Seat at the Table of Austin’s New Inclusive Dinner Series
Austin-based Desert Me Not: Community Dinner series launched in June 2017 to inspire a collaborative effort between the organizations and individuals addressing food inequalities in Texas.
First Ever Food as Medicine Summit Held at Hunter College
The Hunter College New York City Food Policy Center will host its inaugural “Food as Medicine Summit — Bringing Everyone to the Table,” on Thursday, November 30th, 2017.
Young Farmers Conference Emphasizes Equality
The 10th Annual Young Farmers Conference is bringing together more than 300 farmers, chefs, and leaders in the food and agriculture movement to discuss an equitable and resilient way forward for agriculture.
Dr. Robert Graham Trades His White Lab Coat for Chef’s Whites
Dr. Robert Graham is a board-certified physician of both internal and integrative medicine who is a culinary student at New York City’s Natural Gourmet Institute. He is trading in his white lab coat for chef’s whites with the goal of expanding his toolkit both for use as a healthcare provider and as an advocate for a new model of integrative, lifestyle-focused healthcare.
Wasted, Redefined: Could Beer Be the Next Food Waste Solution?
Advocates say there are many reasons turning citrus into saisons and sourdough into session IPAs could make a major contribution to both reducing and raising awareness of food waste.
Sundari Kraft: “People eat more veggies when they take part in gardening”
How Sundari Kraft is changing the Denver food system and cleaning up food swamps through education, grassroots movement building, and policy change.
Agricultural Biodiversity: “Technically, Financially, and Politically” Feasible
Food Tank spoke with Marie Haga, Executive DIrector of the Crop Trust, about its new Food Forever Initiative.
How Do We Create a Food Waste and Loss Free World? (2017 Food Tank NYC Summit Discussion)
How Do We Create a Food Waste and Loss Free World? Watch this fantastic discussion from the NYC Food Tank Summit.
How Do We Fight Food Waste in Cities? (2017 Food Tank NYC Summit Discussion)
How Do We Fight Food Waste in Cities? Watch this fantastic discussion from the NYC Food Tank Summit.
Food Tank Fireside Chat: Kimbal Musk and Diane Brady (2017 Food Tank NYC Summit)
Fireside chat featuring Kimbal Musk and moderated by Diane Brady. Watch this fantastic discussion from the NYC Food Tank Summit.
How We Can Finance Food Waste and Loss Prevention (2017 Food Tank NYC Summit Discussion)
How We Can Finance Food Waste and Loss Prevention. Watch this fantastic discussion from the NYC Food Tank Summit.
Readers React to GMOs
Food Tank shared an opinion piece by Dr. Gurian-Sherman examining a GMO documentary. Here are several responses we received.